Preface

A year after our victory over the Romanian's, the air of celebration had not worn off. Our Guard had had some losses, of course, but most of them, the important ones, survived. Those special ones consisted of Jane, Alec, Felix, Heidi, Demetri, and Afton. Aro was happy as ever, Marcus was still bored , I was still me, Sulpicia was still pervy, and Athenodora was still...indescribable.

We threw a ball every winter in memory of our victory, it was known simply as the Winter Ball, formal, and we invited most of the vampire world.

This event is what would begin the second year of my married life.